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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

174 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 9

A Lad's Leg Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 6

On Monday last a young man named H. Breeze, an employee of the Farmers Co-operative Flour Mill, met with a painful accident which…

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Painful Accident

Western Age · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 2

Mr. K. Chapman, of Paddington station, met with a painful accident on Saturday last. During harvesting operations he bad occasion to effect a…

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Serious Railway Accident. Coal Train Leaves the Line. Narrow Escape of Forbes Mail

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 2

About 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, shortly after the Western trains began to leave Sydney in procession, a coalloden train bound from Sydney broke…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 November 1924 · page 2

On Monday last at Byrock a young man named Murray Barry had the misfortune to break the wrist of his arm as the result of a ladder…

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Seriously Injured

Western Age · Friday 21 November 1924 · page 2

Mr. Jack O'Malley is in the Cobar District Hospital in an unconscious state, evidently the result of an accident. He has been in the same…

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A Terrible Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon, Thomas Corbett, aged 12, his brother, aged 14, and a lad named Hums, aged 15, of Peak Hill, were racing on horseback during…

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Drowned at Narromine Scotchman's Sad End, Verdict of Accidental Drowning

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 2

On Tuesday last a Coronial enquiry was held at the Court House, Narromine, by Mr. G. F. Cox, J.P., (Coroner) into the…

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Child Slightly Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 6

Dorrie Grady, a little girl whose parents were travelling through Dubbo, collided with a motor bus while running across the intersection of…

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Talbragar Street Fracas Two Injured. Constable in Hospital

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 2

Excitement prevailed in Talbragar-street on Saturday night when Constable Hillier and William Thomas Hangun were both injured in a conflict, the…

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News from Everywhere Toy Balloons Cause Accident.—

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 4

Three women were seriously burned about the faces and shoulders when a large number of toy balloons, which had been filled with gas, came…

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Injured at Cricket

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

Mr. J. F. Furrel, while wicket-keeping for Church of England cricket team on Saturday afternoon last, was struck over the right eye by a fast-rising ball…

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Peak Hill Burning Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1924 · page 2

The little six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. McKeown, of Peak Hill, met with a serious burning accident there last week. She went to…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality took place at Loombah on Saturday afternoon, when a young man named Frederick Steinhouse, aged 16 years and 11…

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Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 2

Another of our well-known district residents met with a most painful and distressing accident on Friday afternoon last, while occupied…

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Boy Drowned. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 3

Donald McLean (9), residing at Mu[?]willambah, was drowned in the Twoed River while bathing. The police failed to recover the body with grappling…

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Geurie Fatality. Young Man Killed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 2

We deeply regret to record the death, about midnight last year, at the District Hospital of Leslie Cavanagh, aged 26. Particulars of the accident by…

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His Last Load. Tragedy at Geurie, Young Farmer Fatally Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 3

Leslie Norman Cavanagh (20), a well known Geurie farmer, was fatally crushed yesterday afternoon while returning with his team from the Geurie…

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Local and General Accidents at the Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 2

Messrs. Balfour and L. Baker met with minor accidents at the Dubbo railway yards yesterday. Mr. Balfour had the top of one of his fingers nipped off…

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Shocking Car Fatality at Dubbo. Miss Nora Yeo Killed. Mr. Denis Barton Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 6

A terrible motor fatality occurred seven miles along the Ballimore road at about six o'clock yesterday evening, as the result of which Miss…

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A Sad Fatality. a Young Man Killed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 7

Quite a gloom was cast over the town by the sad and fatal accident which befell Mr. Les Cavanagh on Monday evening last. Deceased,…

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